Farming Simulator 22 - "Online Required: NO" but still refuses to start offline
My firewall blocks apps' internet connections by default, so I'm trying to figure out whether I really need to whitelist this game for single player to work, because Heroic says online is not a requirement.
So when I launch the game through Heroic, it just gets stuck on the loading screen and I see it trying to connect online in my firewall app.
If I check "Run Game Offline" or launch the exe directly, then I get a warning about having to be logged in.
Other games (though not all) work fine without allowing them through the firewall, even some marked as "Online Required: YES" like The Callisto Protocol despite connection attempts, so I wonder what exactly "Online Required" even means.
PCGamingWiki doesn't mention it requiring a constant internet connection to work, only for multiplayer obviously, but I could update it if needed:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Farming_Simulator_22#Multiplayer_types
5 Replies
xenial-blackOP•2w ago
welp, looks like the Steam version works offline but the Epic version doesn't according to:
https://www.reddit.com/r/farmingsimulator/comments/1csxf4f/comment/l4ald6k/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1248130/discussions/0/4333106230734017293/#c4333106230734360746
https://www.reddit.com/r/farmingsimulator/comments/wpwbhe/comment/ikixx1b/
extended-salmon•2w ago
we get the information from the metadata of the game in epic, but that's filled in by a human, it can be wrong
there are also games that say online required: true and then work offline
xenial-blackOP•2w ago
Fr*cking humans stealing AI's jobs smh my head
but fr though, that was it. I guess this game should be marked as "Online Required: YES" then because it worked as soon as I allowed it through the firewall, and connected to these domains
extended-salmon•2w ago
I guess it's something that could be reported to the developers of that game, but no idea if they would actually update the metadata in epic, who knows
xenial-blackOP•2w ago
Unsurprisingly, it's not just the first boot that requires internet.
But I managed to block all but the connection which I'm assuming is online DRM.
I just despise software that abuses online permissions to phone home and who knows what, but I guess this is the best compromise.
If only there was a patch to convert to steam version or a certain "alternate" executable/dll to bypass online BS altogether 👀